Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

So Mel, what was going on for years with me that I never knew because I was too busy and I didn't have solitude was when my stress load is building up, I start to feel tightness in my right upper back. When I was so busy, I never paid attention. Now, because I have a daily practice of solitude, when I feel that tightness on my right back, it's like an early warning signal.

When I feel that pressure coming up, Mel, I'm like, oh, what's going on in my life? Oh. There's a difficult conversation I need to have with my wife. I've taken on too much at work. Maybe I need to really switch off this weekend. Whatever it might be, it's an early warning signal to tell me that I need to take aversive action. At the moment, Mel, people are not doing this.

When I feel that pressure coming up, Mel, I'm like, oh, what's going on in my life? Oh. There's a difficult conversation I need to have with my wife. I've taken on too much at work. Maybe I need to really switch off this weekend. Whatever it might be, it's an early warning signal to tell me that I need to take aversive action. At the moment, Mel, people are not doing this.

When I feel that pressure coming up, Mel, I'm like, oh, what's going on in my life? Oh. There's a difficult conversation I need to have with my wife. I've taken on too much at work. Maybe I need to really switch off this weekend. Whatever it might be, it's an early warning signal to tell me that I need to take aversive action. At the moment, Mel, people are not doing this.

In the UK, 88% of people are thought to have experienced some degree of burnout in the past two years. I mean, that is a really damning indictment of the state of modern society. And what I'm trying to say for the person listening right now is that one of the ways that you will improve every aspect of your life is with a daily practice of solitude.

In the UK, 88% of people are thought to have experienced some degree of burnout in the past two years. I mean, that is a really damning indictment of the state of modern society. And what I'm trying to say for the person listening right now is that one of the ways that you will improve every aspect of your life is with a daily practice of solitude.

In the UK, 88% of people are thought to have experienced some degree of burnout in the past two years. I mean, that is a really damning indictment of the state of modern society. And what I'm trying to say for the person listening right now is that one of the ways that you will improve every aspect of your life is with a daily practice of solitude.

Start listening to yourself, feel where the tightness is in your tummy, your back, your neck, right? And then start asking yourself, what is this telling me? And you will start to develop this inner trust in yourself. You will start to pick up problems before they start to arise.

Start listening to yourself, feel where the tightness is in your tummy, your back, your neck, right? And then start asking yourself, what is this telling me? And you will start to develop this inner trust in yourself. You will start to pick up problems before they start to arise.

Start listening to yourself, feel where the tightness is in your tummy, your back, your neck, right? And then start asking yourself, what is this telling me? And you will start to develop this inner trust in yourself. You will start to pick up problems before they start to arise.

I would say, Mel, with all of my heart, the thing that I've learned the most, that I'm most passionate about, is this idea that anyone can change their lives. It doesn't matter how dark you think your life is at the moment. It doesn't matter if you feel stuck, lost, unmotivated. I have seen patients who were suicidal transform their life, and it started with a five-minute action.

I would say, Mel, with all of my heart, the thing that I've learned the most, that I'm most passionate about, is this idea that anyone can change their lives. It doesn't matter how dark you think your life is at the moment. It doesn't matter if you feel stuck, lost, unmotivated. I have seen patients who were suicidal transform their life, and it started with a five-minute action.

I would say, Mel, with all of my heart, the thing that I've learned the most, that I'm most passionate about, is this idea that anyone can change their lives. It doesn't matter how dark you think your life is at the moment. It doesn't matter if you feel stuck, lost, unmotivated. I have seen patients who were suicidal transform their life, and it started with a five-minute action.

No word of a lie. It started with a five-minute action because here's the reality. If you've got deep and dark depression and you're having suicidal thoughts, any change feels too hard. Because when you're suicidal and you feel like there's nothing there for you, and to be really clear, there are many factors that contribute here. Of course.

No word of a lie. It started with a five-minute action because here's the reality. If you've got deep and dark depression and you're having suicidal thoughts, any change feels too hard. Because when you're suicidal and you feel like there's nothing there for you, and to be really clear, there are many factors that contribute here. Of course.

No word of a lie. It started with a five-minute action because here's the reality. If you've got deep and dark depression and you're having suicidal thoughts, any change feels too hard. Because when you're suicidal and you feel like there's nothing there for you, and to be really clear, there are many factors that contribute here. Of course.

Okay, I'm not trying to at all trivialize this in any way at all.

Okay, I'm not trying to at all trivialize this in any way at all.

Okay, I'm not trying to at all trivialize this in any way at all.

But a five-minute action done consistently does something so powerful to self-esteem, to the way you view yourself, to your motivation, to your belief that you can make change. So what do I believe more than anything? Anyone listening now to this show right now or watching it on YouTube, I don't care how bad you think your life is.